Product Owner (Experienced and Senior)
About The Position
The Boeing Company is seeking Experienced and Senior Product Owners to support its Mission System Software team in Berkeley, Missouri, within Boeing Defense, Space & Security. The role leads software teams developing features for safety-critical and/or mission-critical flight software, including capabilities such as tactical software, weapons engagement, and mission processing software. Product Owners use agile practices to define and prioritize development, establish team roadmaps, and lead work from planning and decomposition through execution, testing, and acceptance. Responsibilities also include mentoring engineers, managing the backlog, defining user stories, communicating goals, leading planning events, and signing off on accepted work. The position also involves embedded software engineering and project leadership activities, including designing, developing, integrating, testing, debugging, and maintaining software for specialized hardware and embedded systems. The work requires translating customer requirements into software designs, supporting software and hardware integration, improving system efficiency and stability, and monitoring internal and supplier team performance for compliance with project plans and industry standards. The role requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance and access to Special Access Programs. Travel is 10%. The position is not safety sensitive, is not contingent upon a program award, and Boeing will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- At least 2 years of product owner or software leadership experience.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. Government for the clearance.
- Ability to obtain access to Special Access Programs; U.S. citizenship is required for program access.
- Must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements as a U.S. Person under 22 C.F.R. §120.62.
- Successful candidates must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest assessment process.
- Must complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process; failure to complete it removes the applicant from consideration.
Nice To Haves
- For Senior level (Level 4): 9 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience debugging and troubleshooting technical problems involving computer memory or timing considerations.
- Experience or familiarity with embedded system software, C, C++, Rust, Linux, VxWorks, containers, Git, CI/CD DevSecOps, and/or Cameo.
- Experience in systems integration with systems engineering processes and procedures.
- Strong verbal and written communication, teaming, technical, and integration skills.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, debug, and maintain software integrated into embedded devices and systems, meeting industry, customer, safety, and regulatory standards.
- Review, analyze, and translate customer requirements into software product designs for embedded devices and systems.
- Build and write embedded systems software for specific specialized hardware.
- Integrate embedded software with hardware components.
- Analyze, monitor, and improve the efficiency and stability of embedded software systems.
- Test and debug software for embedded devices and systems.
- Implement relevant current and emerging technologies, tools, frameworks, and regulatory changes in software development and hardware technologies.
- Advise on software and hardware integration domains.
- Track and evaluate internal and supplier software team performance to ensure product and process compliance with project plans and industry standards.
- Perform embedded software project management functions.
- Mentor engineers, define team roadmaps, and lead software team execution.
- Manage the backlog, define user stories, communicate goals, lead and participate in planning events, and sign off on accepted work.
- Use agile experience to define, prioritize, and lead software development in tactical software, weapons engagement, and mission processing capability areas.
Benefits
- Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and programs providing paid and unpaid time away from work.
- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
- Potential signing bonus for eligible and qualified external candidates.
- Relocation based on candidate eligibility.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
